Each page is designed to see if you know the material.
Ask yourself- what is it or describe it Physical Geology is the study of Earth’s materials, changes of the surface and interior of the Earth, and the forces that cause those changes
Know these terms:
Volcanology
Seismology
PALEONTOLOGY
ARCHAEOLOGY
If it can’t be grown, it must be mined (What Does that mean to you?)
Geologic Hazards: name several
Birth of Modern Geology
Catastrophism/ Uniformitarianism
James Hutton = The present is the key to the past
The Scientific method- 4 steps
Question,
Observation,
Hypothesis(educated Guess) and testing, Theory/ Scientific law
Earth’s Interior
Compositional Layers (4)= Crust,
Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
Mechanical Layers(2)= lithosphere,
Asthenosphere
Three main rock groups
1. Igneous= fire made(from molten material)
2. Sedimentary= layered
3. Metamorphic- changed
Minerals are the building blocks of rocks
Who is this?
PANGAEA
Used to prove his theory?
Why no one believed him?
Eurasia
N America
S America
India
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
3 types of plate boundaries:
Divergent
Convergent
Transformed
(Be able to give examples of each)
Seismic Activity along Plate boundaries
Seismic Activity around the Ring of Fire
Heat from the core causes Convection
Currents
Boundary
Convergent
Divergent
Transformed
Type of Plate
Boundary
Continent
To
Continent
Geologic Event
Resulting
Features
Modern
Examples
Ocean
To
Ocean
Crust is folded, bent-Mountain
Building
Subduction =
Friction, meltingVolcanism
Subduction =
Friction, melting
Volcanism
Crust fractures
Magma rises at
Rift,
Volcanism
Seafloor
Spreading,
Volcanism
Continent
To
Continent
Crust is
Deformed, bent, folded Crust Deformed
Along the fault, buckling San Andreas
Fault
Ocean
To
Ocean
Earthquakes
Possible Tsunami
Offset Oceanic
Ridges,
East Pacific
Rise
Continent
To
Ocean
Ocean
To
Ocean
Continent
To
Continent
Mountains
Himalayas
Mountains,
Ocean Trenches
Andes
Island Arcs,
Ocean Trenches
Western Aleutians
Rift Valleys
East African
Rift
Mid